Analysis of Drab Habitation of Whom?

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Drab Habitation of Whom?
Tabernacle or Tomb—
Or Dome of Worm—
Or Porch of Gnome—
Or some Elf's Catacomb?


Scheme AABCC
Poetic Form Boy Named Sue 
Metre 101011 10011 1111 1111 11110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 114
Words 21
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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